The Bloomington City Council met on September 8, 2025, to address a wide range of items, including setting a preliminary 2026 tax levy and budget, receiving an update on the Nine Mile Creek Corridor Renewal Project, conducting public hearings on property assessments, and making appointments to commissions. Key decisions included a 9.44% preliminary levy increase, recognition of employees and community awards, and a closed session for litigation management.
Once again, thank you all for being here. Thanks, Council, for your participation and staff. Thanks for your work putting this all together tonight. Our first order of business council is to approve tonight's agenda. And on our agenda this evening, under item two, our introductory items, we have item 2.1, which is the introduction of new employees. Item 2.2 is a proclamation for suicide prevention week and month. Item 2.3 is an award the city received from PETA, the people for the ethical treatment of animals for a compassionate city award, which is a nice one. Then we have two appointments item 2.4 will be an appointment of a young adult member to the Human Rights Commission. And item 2.5 is an appointment to our port authority commission. Under item three, our consent business, Councilmember Revas has our consent agenda tonight. We have 17 items on tonight's consent agenda. Item 4, our hearings resolutions and ordinances. We have uh seven items under that. Uh our first is uh first two are resolutions. Item 4.1 is a resolution adopting the preliminary 2026 tax levy, and item 4.2 is a resolution adopting a preliminary 2026 general fund budget. We then have uh five straight public hearings, and they are uh assessment uh hearings. Item 4.3 is a public hearing regarding public nuisance abatement assessments. Item 4.4 is a hearing regarding tree removal assessments, 4.5 weed brush removal assessments, 4.6, uh the public hearing for delinquent water, sewer, stormwater drainage, garbage, recycling, and organics assessments, and item 4.7 to 4 points uh public hearing for civil fines for property related violation assessments. Under item five, our organizational business. We will have an update update on the 9 Mile Creek project, which uh we put off from our last meeting, so we appreciate the patience of the folks, the staff members who are going to be presenting that for us. And item 5.2, we will then go into closed session. We will go to a closed session for litigation management related to the 2024-11 Normandale Boulevard PMP Trail and Sidewalk Improvement Project. We will then come back into uh session. And um actually, I'm you know what I'm gonna do, Council, to make sure that we do this correctly. Item 5.1 will be the Nine Mile Creek Corridor Renewal Project Update. I'm gonna call it 5.2, it's gonna be our public uh our our city council policy and issue update. I see that we don't have that officially on the agenda, I don't believe. So I'm gonna add that on. Uh actually I think we have it as 5.3. I'm gonna make that 5.2 and then ask ask that we put 5.3 being the closed session. Does that make sense? And then as I said, we come back into open session and we will adjourn the meeting then. So with a one addition, adding uh or swapping item 5.2 and 5.3. Uh are there any other changes or adjustments to our agenda this evening? Hearing none, I will move the the agenda as stated. Second. I will move it and a second by councilmember Moot to adopt tonight's agenda as stated. No further council discussion on this. All those in favor, please signify by saying aye. Aye. Opposed. Motion carries seven zero. Thank you all very much. And we will begin with an introduction of new employees. And I think we have new employees both in parks and rec and public works. And it looks like Parks and Rec is making the move first, so they get the uh the first shot at the microphone. Ian Brecke is here this evening. Good evening and welcome. Thank you so much. Um good evening, Mayor and Council members.